Biotechnology

An application of using DNA technology to help environmental scientists would be ___.

• use PCR to analyze DNA at a crime scene
• create a tobacco plant that glows in the dark
• clone the gene for human growth hormone to treat pituitary dwarfism
• make transgenic bacteria that can be used to clean up oil spills more quickly than do the natural bacteria

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Which of the following would be an example of gene therapy technology?

• development of a nasal spray that contains copies of the normal gene that is defective in person with cystic fibrosis
• cutting DNA into fragments with restriction enzymes
• modifying E. coli to produce indigo dye for coloring denim blue jeans
• separation DNA fragments using gel electrophoresis

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Recombinant DNA are currently used to produce____.

• clothing dye, cheese, and laundry products
• human antibiotics and vaccines
• crops that taste better and stay fresh longer
• all of these

The Human Genome Project has made diagnosing genetic disorders easier.Once a genetic disorder is diagnosed, ____ can be used as a possible treatment.

• cell cultures
• gene therapy
• DNA fingerprinting
• PCR

A gene gun and a virus may both be classified as ____ because they are mechanisms by which foreign DNA may be transferred into a host cell.

• bacteria
• plasmids
• vectors
• splicers

____ are produced when DNA from another species is inserted into the genome of an organism, which then begins to produce the protein encoded on the recombinant DNA.

• vectors
• plasmids
• transgenic organisms
• gene guns

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A ____ is a small ring of DNA found in a bacterial cell.

• virus
• plasmid
• gene bullet
• PCR

The entire collection of genes within human cells is referred to as the ______.

• human genome
• karyotype
• pedigree
• gene map

A technique for making millions of copies of a specific region of DNA.

• DNA ligase

• restriction enzymes

• gel electrophoresis

• polymerase chain reaction

From where does Taq polymerase come?

• Bacteria that live in hydrothermal vents/hot springs.

• Cambodia

• The rain forest

• The CDC